jar

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
2. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
3. A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
4. (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
5. (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

Verb

To preserve (food) in a jar.

Verb

1. (transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
2. (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To shock or surprise.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
5. (ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
6. (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
7. (figuratively, intransitive) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

Conceptes

pot

🫙

caixa

📦

copa

cubell

🪣

gibrell

olla

recipient

vas

xocar

topar

xoc

sacsejar

bac

agitar

terrina

caixó

Sinònims

pot

jug

pitcher

bottle

vase

jolt

waterjar

shake

🫨

urn

can

shock

⚡

tin

vessel

container

bowl

mug

jerk

vat

glass

clash

cup

case

water pot

rattle

crock

bucket

🪣

ewer

jarful

chest

sack

shake up

pail

bump around

jounce

irritate

vibrate

beaker

box

📦

flask

carton

bounce

tumbler

sway

rock

🪨

roll

swing

oscillate

discompose

disagree

kettle

Traduccions

jarre

🫙

canari

Krug

pot

vaso

🫙

Glas

tarro

🫙

barattolo

jarro

jarra

secousse

bocal

🫙

pot

🫙

vaso

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dʒɑː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: jarre

Cognat amb francès: jarre

Cognat amb italià: giara

Cognat amb occità: jarro

Cognat amb portuguès: jarra

Heretat de anglès mitjà: *chirren

Heretat de anglès antic: ċeorian

In summary

Inherited from Middle English jarre (“jar”), from Medieval Latin jarra, or from Middle French jarre (“liquid measure”) (from Old French jare; modern French jarre (“earthenware jar”)), or from Spanish jarra, jarro (“jug, pitcher; mug, stein”), all from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).
The word is cognate with Italian giara (“jar; crock”), Occitan jarro, Portuguese jarra, jarro (“jug; ewer, pitcher”).
The verb is derived from the noun.